by Derek Quizon and Luci Scott – 24 October 2010 12 H.
The Arizona Republic
On the eve of the Tempe began to reload the City Lake, Walter Hall, 62, Phoenix and Doug Mach, 60, of Scottsdale, expected on the South shore to their group weekly running.
They stood at the edge of the promenade, facing away from the Sun as it defined the line of horizon Phoenix, in the West, orange shine sound reflecting off brilliantly scattered puddles where Lake used to be.
That evening, the Park was less bright than Mach and Hall, it is rappeler.Il has some runners, two men and a photographer practicing martial arts under the railway bridge of light.As the lake itself, the Park felt strangely empty.
"It is like someone pulled the plug on the Tempe," said Hall.
In its 11-year history, setting town-meeting-nature of the Lake became one of the most visited second Arizona attractions only Grand Canyon.Il was home to many festivals and has made possible to swimming and boating races which could not be anywhere across the stage in a town in the desert.
It washed downstream when the Lake dam broke in juillet.Dans months that followed, the Valley has been without its aquatic centre.And as well as banks, runners and walkers, licensees of photo and spectators, all rowers and towers residents expect lac to return.
October 9, the new dam was in place and started flowing water.
Tuesday morning, Tempe will officially reopen Town Lake.
A Lake more
The Lake suddenly drained on 20 July, when the part of the rubber dam collapsed - the result, according to official reports, age and exposure to the most chaleur.La water of the Lake empties in the bed of the Salt River, leaving behind him a career full of puddles and the death of the fish.
The failure created immediate controversy representatives of Tempe and Bridgestone Co., manufacturer of the dam, blame each other.
Bridgestone has stated that he had warned Tempe from 2006 that rubber bladders dam deteriorating more rapidly than prévu.Les soft Tempe that despite a guarantee of 10 years of the bladder, City Council members, they told the bladder would probably be in 20 years.The bladders failed in half the time.
But the Tempe and Bridgestone put aside their differences to restore Lake rapidement.En virtue of an agreement made in 2007, Bridgestone has contributed in dam-replacement costs $ 3 million.
A dynamic desert
Vast desert valley communities fail to offer to visitors, great input type they would, say, Chicago or New York – at least step paysage.Les surrounding mountains offer a picturesque setting, but the region lack synthetic in other cities guides us.
Development on the Lake, including condos towers and buildings of offices, changed que.En more as an economic engine and a place for community events, the Lake is an attraction and signature that identifies the Tempe Valley for foreigners.
"When travelling in Phoenix for the first time and you expect the dune sand cactus and camels, see you the sparkling lake with contemporary development along the edge," says the architect r. Nicolas Loope, President and COO of DAVIS, an enterprise architectural design and Interior which occupies a lakeside Office.
"You can see the Park Papago and Arizona State University, and you say, ' my gosh, this desert is dynamic and alive with beautiful buildings and natural resources.""
Empty string top developments created high-end waterfront property of what had been a bed.
Scottsdale real estate developer Sunbelt Holdings purchased approximately 16 acres, including location for Office Tower in Rio Salado and Mill Avenue, said Heidi Kimball Vice-Chairman.
Kimball said that she could not imagine that development would have occurred without the lac.Auparavant, the region was not attractive.
"You were looking to essentially a gravel pit," she says.
Plenty of space and Landscape Park Tempe Beach also makes a place for all kinds of races and enjoy hiking.
This is where the dam broke, something important was missing.
A place to collect
Lake is home to some of the most important events of vallée.Le next month, he will play host triathlon Ironman, attracting athletes from across the country to participate in a grueling race combines swimming, cycling and running.
Drainage of the Lake is a not prevent hosting fall Frenzy, a three days in September, rock concert featuring musicians recognized nationally, and the city of the annual Oktoberfest.
"The Lake became a node for those different public events that now occur on a regular basis", said Loope.
As for the races of the Lake and athletic events on and off the water, some have to be cancelled or postponed, including a series of swim and race races called startup Ironcare and Dash and a boat called the Chief chaud.Mais regatta racing day races scheduled for November should go as planned.
Nancy Hormann, Director of downtown Tempe community considers 100 events each year occur in Lake .the ' non-profit organization working with the city to manage and market downtown for owners of the region.
The Lake is "a constant circulation in our community", says.
It was obvious the week before the reopened Lake, as the process of reloading was approaching completion.
Between 25 and 30 persons were Park Tuesday soir.Ce evening, the runners, who had come in the summer, were joined by the kind of people who had disappeared from the Lake has dried up.
Two women held a picnic on the surrounding grass and some students abandoned their bags back relax benches to proximité.Groupes visitors nestled at the edge of the South Shore concrete, admire the beauty of the sunset over the newly restored Lake.
And this, says Walter Hall and Doug Mach, perhaps a more significant role the Lake - bringing people on more mundane opportunities, but also those more festive.
"It gives you a feeling that you're part of something," said Mach.
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